Practice Areas

Dispute resolution

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Fighting for your interests

Our litigation team offers comprehensive dispute resolution services, having successfully represented clients in civil, commercial, criminal, and arbitration courts.  

With decades of experience in French and international procedures, our team of elite lawyers helps with:  

  • Complex litigation
  • Business criminal law and compliance
  • Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution methods
We have represented top French corporations, investment funds, investors and international groups in both national and international disputes.  

Interventions

Commercial Litigation

We work with clients to achieve optimal outcomes in cases of commercial litigation. We have extensive experience managing litigation disputes involving payment delays, non-performance of contractual clauses, unfair practices, commercial relationship termination, product liability, and other issues.

White collar crime

As experts on criminal law in the corporate context, our lawyers defend companies and their executives in cases of fraud and financial crime. Our team will lead defense strategies and litigation before French courts, utilizing a global network of partner law firms to assist clients in sensitive international cases. 

Our lawyers have extensive experience representing clients in public interest judicial agreements with the National Financial Prosecutor's Office. 

Compliance

August Debouzy lawyers work with corporate clients to establish internal procedures and ensure compliance with national and international regulations.

The team helps you manage whistleblowing crises, compliance challenges, conduct internal investigations, and represent clients in courts and regulatory authorities in France and abroad. 

Our services also include risk mapping, internal audit of existing compliance measures, and in-depth training on anti-money laundering, and anti-corruption regulations.

Conciliation and Mediation

Depending on clients’ exact needs, our lawyers determine the optimal form of resolution for every dispute.

Thanks to the breadth of our experience, we can support clients in both conciliation and mediation efforts to effectively and permanently resolve disputes. 

Whenever possible, we work to avoid contentious litigations and provide more discreet resolutions for our clients.

National and International Arbitration

Our team of top arbitration lawyers has extensive experience in both the commercial and institutional context, in France and internationally.

We support corporate and government clients at all stages of the dispute resolution process, from pre-litigation to award enforcement. 

With unrivaled experience in all forms of arbitration, our lawyers are equipped to handle complex disputes relating to infrastructure projects, commercial issues, and mergers and acquisitions.

Insurance Litigation

We help clients faced with industrial risks, insurance fraud, professional liability issues in various contexts. 

We analyze the case and advise on the way forward whether it is best to start a litigation process or to negotiate a private settlement. Throughout, we help you determine the extent of your losses and demand suitable damages. 

We also help individual clients with life insurance litigation, and disputes with insurance brokers. 

Finally, we support clients in insurance class action disputes, in France and internationally. 

Corporate Litigation

With years of experience representing top clients in France and abroad, our firm offers unparalleled expertise in managing nearly every form of corporate dispute, including:

  • Shareholder disputes 
  • Joint venture disputes 
  • Post-acquisition disputes and warranty claims 
  • Business turnaround and insolvency proceedings 
  • Executive staff liability 

Rewards

Practice well regarded for its litigation activity. Adept at handling proceedings on a range of corporate matters, including shareholders' disputes, contractual issues and unfair competition allegations. Knowledgeable in the defense, insurance and manufacturing industries. Regularly handles cross-border matters, advising clients from France as well as other jurisdictions.

Chambers and partners Europe 2020

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

Commercial Litigation

Tier 3/4

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

White-collar crime

Tier 2/4

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

Compliance

Tier 1/3

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

Compliance : Astrid Mignon Colombet

Hall of fame

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

Compliance : Olivier Attias

Leading individual

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

Compliance : Bernard Cazeneuve

Hall of fame

Option Droit & Affaires

Acquisition litigation

Tier 3/5

Option Droit & Affaires

Stock market and financial litigation

Tier 4/5

Option Droit & Affaires

International arbitration

Tier 3/5

Option Droit & Affaires

White-collar crime

Tier 2/5

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Industrial risks and insurance litigation

Recommended

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

White-collar crime

Excellent

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Compliance programs

Excellent

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

International and internal investigations

Excellent

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Commercial litigation

Leading

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Mediation

Leading

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Financial litigation an high balance sheet

Highly recommended

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

International arbitration

Highly recommended

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Product liability

Highly recommended

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Africa Desk – International arbitration and litigation

Recommended

Décideurs stratégie finance droit

Civil liability and financial risk

Highly recommended

"Practice well regarded for its litigation activity. Adept at handling proceedings on a range of corporate matters, including shareholders' disputes, contractual issues and unfair competition allegations. Knowledgeable in the defense, insurance and manufacturing industries. Regularly handles cross-border matters, advising clients from France as well as other jurisdictions."

"Sources praise the lawyers for their commercial awareness, with one remarking: "What I like is that they are committed to understanding our business, our values, and our commercial mindset.""

"Marie Danis of August Debouzy assists clients with ICC and OHADA arbitrations. She is also noted for acting on setting-aside proceedings."

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Litigation

Band 4

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Marie Danis

Band 4 (Litigation)

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Benjamin Van Gaver

Band 5 (Litigation)

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Astrid Mignon Colombet

Band 2 (Corporate Compliance & Investigations)

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Corporate Compliance & Investigations

Band 3

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Bernard Cazeneuve

Band 3 (Corporate Compliance & Investigations)

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Olivier Attias

Up and coming (Corporate Compliance & Investigations)

Chambers & Partners Europe 2023

Astrid Mignon Colombet

Band 3 (White-Collar Crime)

"Astrid Mignon Colombet joined August Debouzy from Soulez Larivière & Associés in January 2020. She has experience advising corporations and executives on white-collar crime cases."

"Astrid Mignon Colombet routinely assists clients with fraud and corruption issues as well as cross-border investigations. An interviewee notes: "She has great skills and she is very friendly.""

Chambers & Partners Global 2023

Litigation

Band 4

Chambers & Partners Global 2023

Marie Danis

Band 4 (Litigation)

Chambers & Partners Global 2023

Benjamin Van Gaver

Band 5 (Litigation)

Chambers & Partners Global 2023

Marie Danis

Band 5 (International arbitration)

Le Monde du Droit 2020

White-collar crime

Silver trophy

Le Monde du Droit 2020

Compliance

Silver trophy

Who's Who Legal

Marie Danis

Arbitration: Litigation

Who's Who Legal

Astrid Mignon Colombet

Business Crime Defence ; Investigations

• Marie Danis
• Benjamin van Gaver
• Bernard Cazeneuve
• Basile Ader
• Astrid Mignon Colombet
• Pierre Sellal
• Amélie Tripet
• Marie Valentini
• Olivier Attias
• Valérie Munoz-Pons